2013-2014 Highlights of Chief Nursing Officer Initiative

1. 2013-2014 Highlights of Chief Nursing Officer Initiative By PresenterMedia.com Fiona Kelly Anne-Marie Cyr

2. Role of the Chief Nursing Officer Linked to Ontario Public Health Organizational Standards Quality Assurance/Continuing Quality Improvement Nursing Leadership Organizational Effectiveness

3. Professional Practice Highlights Multi-Disciplinary Practice Committee Next Steps • Establishment of the Committee • Research and assessment to assess factors that promote or hinder professional practice • Development of a literature review and a report with recommendations • Executive work group established to address recommendations • MDP Committee to determine professional/discipline-specific competencies for all public health staff to support performance expectations • MDP Committee to map organizational learning and develop recommendations for 2015

4. Workforce Development Mentoring Future Public Health Professionals • Student Placements • 2013 Four students/ 497 hours(2 medical/2 nursing) • 2014 Six students/ 1680 hours (2 medical, 2 nursing, 1 enforcement, 1 MPH) • Resources • Established guidelines for student placements • Developed orientation resources for student placements, including supports for preceptors/mentors

5. Organizational Effectiveness Policy Decision-Making Framework Privacy • To address recommendations from leadership workshops and staff assessments • To complement and operationalize the Accountability Framework • To clarify roles and responsibilities • To strengthen compliance with privacy legislation and professional standards of practice • To establish a process for reviewing new initiatives/technology for risks to privacy and development of strategies to mitigate identified risks

6. Next Steps: 1. Linking professional competencies to revised performance management process2. An organizational learning plan3. A continuous quality improvement framework4. Addressing recommendations from multi-disciplinary practice report